OBJECTIVES
To reflect deeply over the challenges, opportunities and issues of women pharmacists in India &
To provide inputs that empower the women pharmacists in India in excelling in education and research

About Us

Pharmacists' Organization for Women Empowerment and Research - POWER

POWER is a professional and scientific society that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources enabling women pharmacists to achieve excellence in practice and research. It is an official and registered organization managed by women executive committee and run by a team of experienced women pharmacists.

what we are

The organization is working for women empowerment through a variety of programs.

Its aim is to identify issues related to women pharmacists and to promote women in all pharmaceutical fields and improvement of its member’s professionally related to Pharmaceutical and HealthCare aspects.

Women pharmacists comprise more than 50% of the profession of pharmacy in India, serving in every capacity including clinical, hospital, educational, research and leadership roles. For further development and encouragement of women pharmacist, an organization for women is necessary. With this aspiration, on International women’s day i.e. 8th March 2011, an association with name POWER - Pharmacists' Organization for Women Empowerment and Research, was started.

messages

K. Chinnasamy
President, 64th IPC

One Woman Can Change Many Things. Many Women Can Change Everything.
Pharmacy Voice should never indicate gender differences.

Our corporate pharmacy environments must be challenged to facilitate leadership development by encouraging women to consider management roles, particularly recognizing the changing desires that women may have as their family responsibilities diminish. Corporate pharmacy should support spousal relocation for women that seek advancement, recognizing that this type of policy may result in the recruitment and retention of talented executives. The profession should also acknowledge the importance of having new practitioners, including women, on boards of pharmacy and among the leadership of professional organizations. These organizations need to actively recruit women and support their advancement through the organizations by recognizing their contributions and achievements. As we enter into the next phase of the campaign, we invite you to continue to support women in pharmacy and this is a tribute to their significant contributions to the pharmacy profession.

Women gradually took on more and more economic work, handling diverse nature of theme; not everything is about Profit and Money. Women have more amounts of mental power, tolerance, patience & integrity from all avenues. There are lots of things within us-proliferating and true talents are most often wasted. We are sure a lot more women can rise to the top if sufficient encouragement and proper platform is made.

We have been privileged to come from families where we have been encouraged and contributed a lot to the wellbeing of the society.

Dr. K.S. Lakshmi
Principal, S.R.M. College of Pharmacy, Chennai.

With Best Wishes.
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

Prof. VIMALA DEVI
Founder, Auro Pharma, Puducherry.
Dear Fellow Women Pharmacists,
At the outset, let me congratulate all of you for having chosen pharmacy as your profession. It is a well known fact that pharmacy is a global and service oriented profession, and YOU, women, play a key role (yours is the chosen role) in it. For example, counseling families on health related issues and opening DIC’S exclusively for women thereby rendering invaluable service not only to society but to the country as well. This Women Pharmacy Association can be a role model to take care of family health counseling both nationally as well as globally. I wish all success in this new endeavor to become an exemplary organization inspiring newer generations to choose pharmacy as a chosen profession.
I wish you all the best in your goal and to take this organization into its full blossom.

ALL THE BEST.

Prof. J. VIJAYA RATNA
Professor, AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Good day, Dear Fellow Pharmacists, I am Prof. J. Vijaya Ratna, Professor, AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, AU, Visakhapatnam, this website, is emerging with the blessings of eminent pharmacy teachers in India. Its objective is to see that India Women Pharmacists realize their full potential in education and research. They should get many more wonderful opportunities, expand their vision and fly to great heights.

All the best to all of you.

Prof. KALYANI PRAKASAM
Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutics,
Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy,
Bangalore
Women in particular are already empowered. Falling down in your career is not important, but the number of times, you get up run after each fall, is what that leads to success.

My heartfelt message to the Women Pharmacists’ Forum.

Prof. KALYANI DIVAKAR
Professor & HOD of Pharmacology, Acharya & B.M. Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
I wish all the women pharmacists to step forward from all the facets of pharmacy profession to nurture ourselves to represent India women pharmacists internationally.

Great day to all.

Prof. SHYAMALA BHASKARAN
Professor, Agnihotri College of Pharmacy, Wardha, Maharastra.
Working together is our strategy for contributing to the global economy, globalization and vision 2020.

Women Pharmacists’ Forum is the new innovation.

need for power

Women in the Pharmacy Field- Challenges and strategies to overcome the problems

Senior women in the Pharmacy field in India deliberated on several issues that are bothering women, in the 63rd IPC held at Bangalore in December 2011, some issues regarding women in India, are discussed.

The face of pharmacy is changing as more women make up the ranks of the pharmacy profession. Women have been graduating from colleges and schools of pharmacy at a higher rate than men for over 20 years and men are retiring at a faster rate than women. These two trends combined have resulted in a practicing profession comprised of a greater percentage of women. Workforce shortages have been reported for nine years and are forecasted to continue for the next five to ten years. The impact of the gender shift offers threats and opportunities for a healthcare profession at the forefront of patient access. Threats resulting from this gender shift have been proposed resulting in decreased pharmacy ownership, diminished political advocacy, and decreased academic leadership.

RESULTS OF POWER PPT CONTEST - March 2015

WOMEN IN PHARMACY - March 2015

BREAKING BARRIERS Booklet - 66th IPC January 2015

NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION @ International Women's Day

Only for Students membership: International Women's Day offer Rs 300/- only for one time students membership. Offer is valid till 8th March 2015 only. Final date for online competition is 3rd March 2015. This is the last and final call for all members.

Last Date Extended upto 3rd March 2015. ONLY Members can participate

Winners

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Las date to submit powerpoint extended till date 21st, Sunday 2014

About POWER National Level Essay Contest

National Level Essay Competition 2014-15

WINNERS of POWER National Level Essay Contest-2014
(On the eve of International Women's Day-2014, March 8th)

National Level POWERPOINT Competition - 2013

POWER, the Indian Women Pharmacists' Forum, is conducting a National Level Competition for women in Pharmacy. Any woman in the field of Pharmacy (student, teacher, administrator, entrepreneur, unemployed, drug inspector, employee in industry, research organization, shop, and marketing or in any sector) may compete.

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Women in the Pharmacy Field- Challenges and strategies to overcome the problems

» It is observed and reported that the percentage of women graduates is high, it comes down much when postgraduates are considered and much more when Ph.D.’s are considered, there is no data regarding women in workforce. » Number of women working in the field decreases in this order: Academia > Industry > Regulatory > Statutory bodies > Professional Associations. » Women do not usually hold high positions in any organization » The career path of women is usually very slow. » They break their careers due to motherhood. » Women face many problems in their work areas but some of them are: » Women can overcome these problems by developing better soft skills, by increasing their circle of acquaintances and by communicating better.

The face of pharmacy is changing as more women make up the ranks of the pharmacy profession.

Women have been graduating from colleges and schools of pharmacy at a higher rate than men for over 20 years and men are retiring at a faster rate than women. These two trends combined have resulted in a practicing profession comprised of a greater percentage of women. Workforce shortages have been reported for nine years and are predicted to continue for the next five to ten years. The impact of the gender shift offers threats and opportunities for a healthcare profession at the forefront of patient access. Threats resulting from this gender shift have been proposed resulting in decreased pharmacy ownership, diminished political advocacy, and decreased academic leadership.

However, with this gender shift the potential for transformational changes in the profession are in full view. The evolution of the practice to one that is more based in the provision of cognitive services through the delivery of direct patient care may offer advantages to new practitioners. Some data indicate that women have a greater interest in the direct patient care aspects of their practice over that of their male counterparts. In addition, as more women enter the practice and advance into leadership roles the traditional views of girls and young women will change. Finally, policy changes are more likely to occur to facilitate and support women in the profession. Rethinking traditional models and infusing change through innovative policies can propel the impact of this gender shift down a positive path resulting in increased job satisfaction and advancement of the profession.

Over the last two decades, a gender shift has occurred within the practice of pharmacy. A profession that was once dominated by men has become a profession that has increasingly attracted women into its fold. The changing demographics of the profession have significant implications for the potential impact on the workforce shortage. It has been suggested that women will be less likely to work full-time, and that this may negatively impact the number of professionals willing to own and operate their own stores, serve in management roles, and be involved in organizations that lead change within the profession. The impact of females within the profession and their responsibilities at home should be addressed in ways that prevent stifling of their professional careers. Policies should be implemented that facilitate flexible schedules without hindering advancement, that acknowledge the importance of involving new practitioners in professional association leadership, that encourage innovation in the practice setting, and that facilitate leadership development and political advocacy.